SNAPSHOTS OF LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD TO-DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 223, 19 September 1940, Page 14

SNAPSHOTS OF LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD TO-DAY.

"Shoes the Mainstay Of Your Costume"

and clean." Bette. has a pair of white linen punijie embroidered with blue and pink forget-me-note over the toes. Her frock is a white linen one-piece with blue suede belt. Ann Sheridan ie a costume jewellery fanatic, but wears it sparingly. Ann believee that one good piece on a costume is more important .if it plays a single role. Her favourite costume piece at this writing is an inch-wide gold mesh bracelet with topazes. The bracelet shows a knotted effect with delicate strands of mesh ending in simulated topaz.

(By SHEILAH GRAHAM.) Virginia Field has purchased a tailored outfit which is eminently suitable for inbetween seasons. It is in Oxford grey wool with a corded ]rin-stripe in white. The curved revers of the collarlese jacket are piped with white pique. Her large beret is of the suit fabric. The attractive flower pin is in gold and diamonds. To top off the euit, Virginia carries an expensive-looking silver fox muff. Ida Lupino looked very pretty the other e.vening in her new pale blue satin dinner-gown with long tight sleeves, normal waistline crushed with a wide belt of blue felt encrusted with gold beads, braid and small pearls. The low square neckline, with an attached hood was bordered with the same lavish embroidery. Here are some of the outstanding eneembles eeen at the. Los Angeles fashion openings recently. A three-piece suit in which cocoa-brown and a soft shade of cadet blue are combined. The slightly flaring skirt in a brown monotone. The. tailored jacket of imported tweed has the brown and blue in a medium-sized check. The swagger topcoat ha.s trhc two shades again, this time in a giantsized check. A slack euit of slate blue wood gabardine with a tunic-length jacket. The jacket ie cut on generous lines, so that when it is enugly belted there is fullness flaring out beneath the waistline. The suit is accentuated by four big patch-pockets, trimmed with gold buttons. A toast-brown wool jersey shirtwaist frock with the entire back made of bright ecarlet suede. A collar, too, ie of scarlet suede.

And a youthful two-piece drees of duvetyn, with a wind-breaker jacket of bright peacock blue; the skirt of cerise, with diagonal stripes of blue- The high waistband of the skirt is shirred, as are the cuffs. Aleo a black crepe afternoon dreee featuring the side draping, which is destined for great popularity. The draping is accentuated with a ecroll of jet beads at the waistline and a similar jet scroll at the neckline. Olivia de Havilland goes in for trick hats. How would you like this one, which has a little white suede brim and black felt short postillion crown carrying two white suede feather* ? This chic headpiece goee with Olivia's grey broadcloth suit with white pin-stripes. Bette Davis says that shoes are the mainstay of every costume, and they'd better be good, because people look at a girl's feet fijet* Her pet aversion are white summer shoes—that are grey—if :you know what ehe means. Bette ad-" vises: "Buy four or five pairs of white shoes (if you can afford it) each summer, go that they will always look fresh